Rug-stretching device.



Patented May 8, |900. M. MOUBAD. RUG STRETCHING DEVIGE.v (Applicatvionled Jan. 24, 1900.)

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GARABED M. MoURD, or B'oSroN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming para 'of Letters Patent No. 648,976, dated Mays,1900; Application tiled January 24, 1900. Serial No. Z589. (No model.)

To= .all whom) t may coiccerle:

Be it known that I, GARABED M. MoURAD, a citizen of the United States,residing in Boston, inthe county of Suiolk and State ofMassachusetts,have invented a new and Improved Rug-Stretchin g Device,of which the following is a specification.

Rugs, more particularly imported ones, are frequently found withirregular edges or edges which are not parallel with the opposite edges.This is due to the manner in which most foreign rugs, especially Easternrugs, are made.

The invention has for its object to provide an efficient and powerfulcontrivance whereby the rug may be grasped and gradually stretchedwithout injury to it. f

The nature of the invention is fully described below and illustrated inthe accom-A panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of myimproved device in the act of stretching the rug upon a floor or othersurface. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on lineX, Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa side View of a nut adapted to be applied to the edge of a table inplace of the one shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

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integral with the plate A. The forward end of the jaw B is bifurcatedand formed into two gripping ends B, each of which is transverselyserrated at B. This jaw is formed up centrally, as shown, and providedwith the vertical'hole D, through which a screw E extends, said screwhaving its lower end pivoted at E to the stationary jaw A by means ofsuitable ears'F, said stationary jaw being recessed, as shown, for thepurpose. A spring e surrounds the screw and lies 'between the movablejaw B and the ears F, holding the movable jaw normally up. A uut Hengages the thread of the screw above the lmovable jaw andisprovidedwith a handle H', and a washer 71, lies between `said nut andjaw. l

K is a screw Squaredat itsouter end K'to receive an operating-toolprovided with a smooth Surface at K within acorresponding horizontalbore in the part A and with a threaded end I A nut L upon the threadedend I holds the screw in the portion A", being separated from suchportion by the washer Z. The screw is engaged by a large nut orinternally-threaded block P, whose loot tom is provided with one or morepoints or sharp projections P,whereby this nut or block may be held inposition upon a iloor or other surfaceS. The horizontal openings in thenut P and the portion A areat the same height, so as to hold the screw Kin a horizontal position.

In operation the stationary jaw A is laid fiat upon the surface S, thenut or block P en gaged with such surface in the manner described, andthe handle H' rotated until the movable jaw B swings up into theposition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The rug a is then laidover the serrated portion of the movable jaw and the Amovable jawpressed" down upon it against the power of the spring e by rotating thenut H and handle H. The edge of the rug is then stretched by applying asuitable wrench or tool to the portion K and drawing the upturned lipA", and hence the clamping mechanism, toward the block or dog P.

In case the stretching is done upon a table the nut may be replaced bythe device shown in Fig. 3, in which R is the nut portion which engageswith the screw K, and R is a downward extension adapted to extend overand around the edge of the table.

By means of the above-described contrivance the rug may be stretched atdierent points to the exact degree ordegrees required, so that the edgemay be made perfectly straight.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire toSecure by Letters l. The herein-described rug-stretching device,consisting essentially of the dat base or stationary jaw A serrated onits upper surface and formed up into the vertical portion IOO A providedwith a hole; the arc-shaped movable jaw B hinged at one end to thestationary jaw, serrated on its under surface and provided with thevertical hole D; the screw E pivoted at its lower end to the stationaryjaw and extending up through said hole in the movable jaw; a springbetween the jaws and holding the movable jaw normally up; a nut providedwith a handle and in engagement with the screw above the movable jaw;the horizontal screw K, provided with the smooth cylindrical portion K"and extending through the hole in the upturned portion A of thestationary jaw 5 means for loosely securing said screw to said portion;the nut or internally-threaded block P in engagement with said screw andmeans integral with said nut or block for engaging the same with thesurface upon which the rug is to be stretched, substantially as setforth.

2. The herein-described ru g-stretehin g device, consisting essentiallyof the fiat base or stationary jaw A serrated on its upper snrface andformed up into the vertical portion A provided with a hole thearc-shaped movof the stationary jaw; means for loosely securing saidscrew to said portion; the nut or internally-threaded block P inengagement with said screw; and a prong or point integral with saidblock and extending down therefrom whereby the block or nut may bo heldby driving said prong or pointv into a floor or other surface,substantially as'doscribed.

n GARABED M. MOUR/ll).` Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, A. N. BONNEY.

